This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Friday, 25 August 2023
Making Fukushima Look Tame?
Japan's Fukushima release of contaminated coolant from its tsunami-wrecked site, looks like a picnic compared to developments in Finland. In remote Onkalo, the Finns have created tunnels, 450m below ground, in the 'living rock'. It's intended to store highly radioactive nuclear waste in these tunnels (https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230824-the-descent-to-the-worlds-first-waste-nuclear-fuel-storage-site). The highly dangerous waste will be entombed in cast iron or copper cylinders, wrapped in bentonite clay. It should be safe for humans (if they still exist), to walk in the tunnels again after 100,000 years. Are records of the location and its contents likely to exist in even 1000 years from now? Could be a nasty surprise for the next sentient beings on the planet?
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Birder's Bonus 241
Noted a Curlew ( Numenius arquata ) on the Loughor estuary at Bynea.
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Greater spearwort ( Ranunculus lingua ) has been used in traditional medicine to treat rheumatism, skin conditions and digestive problems.
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Green buckwheat ( Fagopyrum tartaricum ) is also called 'Tartar buckwheat'. It's a domesticated food plant, producing kernels. ...
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Daily shots of my fully compostable Oyster mushroom pot, received for Christmas. Omelettes ahoy!
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